Advertising device.



No. 861,798. v PATENTED JULY 30,190.7. D. E. BOHANNON.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYI, 1905.

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D.YE.B0HANN0N. ADVERTISING DEVICE,

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DAVID EUGENE BOIIANNON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO WORLD ADVER- 'llSl NG UOMIAN Y, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 80, 1907.

Application iiled July 1I 1905. Serial No. 267,973.

."o uN tl'lmnt vil nitty concern.:

He it. known thin I, Divin 4li'osxr. BoiIANNoN, n citizen oi the lfnited StntesQrcsiding in the city und county ol' Sun ltr-.incisco` Stute of ("uliiorniu, have invented '.1 new und useful Improvement in Advertising Devices. ot' which the following is u slicciiicution.

My invention` relules to udvertising devices which lmve lnennsot' nuthin;y the ndvertisements, us `they nre shown. :ittrnctivc to the eye, ilnd which lntvc menus of showing' n number ot -.id\ertisemcnts scrialm..

The object ot myy invention is to provide :in advertisingT tlevife l'or :iutoinutimlly showing ut' intervals euch oi u series oi ndvertisi-ments through '.1 window in un ornnmentnl eosin;` und ol chonginglthe colors ol' euch o1" the :ulvertisenients during its visiml period.

lnccoinplish my object. in two u'tiys in both of which, the mech-.mism foi" showingr -tho advertisements in series is the suine: bnl the device for changing the colors ot euch udvertist-Jiient during its` visu-.1l period in the tirst u'ny consists in providingv bunks of electric lumps hnving.: diil'erent colored bulbs, which are cut in circuit. :it intervuls und which shine through or upon the udrertiseiuent, giving it the color ol euch bitnk o lumps in ils turn. ln the second wily, I provide n sine-le bunk ot' lumps which shine through translucent colored sheets pussing ut intervals between Suid lumps und smid zulvertisement. i

The nie-.ius whereby my object is zrttuined are illus! tinted in the uccompnuying drawing forming puri; oi this applic-.uien und in whielrsimiliunumerals oi' reference, nmrk similar parts throughout. the Several views.

Figure l. is n. iront elevation oi my advertising device' with pitrt oi the outside c-.is'ng broken sway to shown` drum carrying the series of udvcrtiseinents,v und the driving meehuuism therefor. Fig. 2.. is u central horizont-.il i tion through Fig. l. l Figli.- is un cud view of my device. collector rings being removed. vFig/1 is s. detail view ol` the collector rings und brushes. Fig. 5. is un end rien' ot Fig. 1. Fig. (i. is it sectionul end view of the rettet-tor port oi my device, Fig. 7. is n frontview ot' ltie, t3 with easing.: und window buiken :tw-.ty to show the relleetor und lumps. Fig. 8. is im end view, showin ry u, modilied l'orui ol' driving mechunism, and rellector :ii-rnngement;A

ln detail, my invention consists oi' the casing 1 inelosinethe entire apparatus :tud its driving mechanism, und hnvine: n window l through which the udvertisements ure. shown serio/fm..

Heter-ring to the lirst mode ol' nttuininer my object., I provide :tu :ulvcrtiseineiit cii'rryiir!` drinn ll. Figs.

4sleeves rgiol y attach-wl thereto, 16, '17. Sleeve l2, on

drum l1, is provided with a'gear Wheel 9 vmeshing with geur 7, which is rigioy vttor-hed to the female part 6,

of n Geneva movement by n shaft i1'. bearing 8, the male part 5 of which is fixed to sleeve 3. Sleeve 3 rotates on said shaft und is driven by Worm gear'4, worm 18, und shaft lil 'supported by urms 20, l on standard 14. Shaft lil is driven by an electric1notiii`v22, or other suitable means, us ii witter-motor or gas engine, and operates rotutiibly to turn the drum Il nty intervals.. Tmcing the operation from the rotating shaft 19, worm 18 turns worm wheel 4, which, being rigidly mounted on sleeve 3, rotates the mule port 5 of the Geneva. movement.' Suid movement is adjusted to leave drum 11 stationary for u predetermined time after one of the aforesaid advertisements in the series on drum ll is brought behind window l0. This time comprises the interval between the engagements of the male und female parts of said mofement. V Continuing to trece the operation o my device, when 'the male part oi said movement engages the female part Gthereof, gear 7 is rotated over a space corresponding to th-` time of said engagement, and imparts a. like movement to. the gearwwhecl 9, .which being attached to drum 'l1 carries said drum therewith. The length of these successive movements is such as to bring one advertisement after the other accurately behind window l0. I

Describing now .theiirst inode of changing the colors of the displayed advertisements duringl their visutll period, which consists in lighting and extinguishing electric lamps of various colors, bs'nls of electric lamps oi various colors nre provided, :is shown'in Fig. 7, where 23, 2G muy be blue, 24, 27 may be white, 25, 2.8 muy be red,l the number of lamps in each bunk being iis large :its muy be desired, :md the number of banks I according to the number of different colors desired to be used. A terminal from the electric current source is electrically connected with u single terminal of every one of thtI lumps by :t single conductor in cable 29....,

The blue lumps then have their remaining terminal connected with :Lsiugle conductor, the white to another' conductor, the red to a third conductor, and so on, all the said conductors being brought through cable 29 to the connnutator brushes7 where a set of collector segments are larranged tomake and tbreak' the circuits through said banks of lamps successively. Collector segments 30 are rigidly attache i to sleeve 3 and turn therewith; and their period of rotatien is arranged to show the Whole series'of lightsone bank after the other during the visual period of each advertisement,

Fig. 5 is an end vievz of Fig. 4. Attention is called to, the open space 3l inthe coinmutating devices, Figs.

designs opaque, the lights and reflectors 33 may be arranged outside the drum, as in Fig, 8.

I draw in iiig. 8 a modified form oi driving mechanism, wherein the female part of a Geneva movement is attached L,directly to the drum ll, the male part 5 being attached to the worin wheel shaft.

. Having described my invention what I claim as new States is: v

1. An advertising device comprising means of showing a series of advertisements in succession, a plurality of electric lamps arranged in-banks of various colors and and' desire -to secure by Letters Patent of the United adapted to color said advertisements, and circuit connec- 'Y tions to said lamps arranged to illuminate each of the banks thereof successively during the visual period of eac advertisement.

2. An 'advertising device comprising an intermittently:

driven rotatalile drum carrying n series ofx advertisements, :i casing having a window through wlxicneaclr advertise nient may he shown in-succession, a plurnli'tyof' electric lamps arranged ixi banks of various colorsiand 'ifdapted to color said advertisements, and circuit connections tol'said lamps arranged to illuminate' each of the banks thereof.

successively during the visual period of erichl advertise ment.

3. In an advertising device the combination with a rio-Hv tatahie drum carrying a series of advertisements`and having means of intermittently rotating said drum, of means of variously coloring said advertisements; comprising banks of vari-colored electric lamps arranged to shine thereon, and o commutator intermittently 'connecting each of sam banks with an eietric circuit.

AIn testimom whereof l have signed my name .to this v specification in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID EUGENE-BOHANNON.

" Witnesses F. P. MEDINA, f 1 EMMTT W'Ansn. 

